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Friday, March 28, 2014

Can't get your hands on enough cozy mysteries to whet your appetite? Check out these ebooks that are simply to die for...

UnleashedBy Emily Kimelman

Genre: Mystery

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UNLEASHEDis the first book in Emily Kimelman's best selling Sydney Rye series of mysteries.

Joy Humbolt doesn't like
people telling her what to do, so it comes as no surprise that she was
just fired from her last job. When she buys Charlene Miller's
dog-walking business on Manhattan's exclusive upper east side, it seems
like the perfect fit: Quiet environment, minimal contact with people.

But
then one of her clients turns up dead, and Charlene disappears. Rumors
say Charlene was having an affair with the victim--and of course,
everyone assumes Joy must know where she is. Joy begins to look into the
crime, first out of curiosity then out of anger when there is another
murder and threats start to come her way.

When
police detective Mulberry is assigned to the case, Joy finds a kindred
spirit—cynical and none-too-fond of the human race. As they dig deep
into the secrets of Manhattan's elite, they not only get closer to the
killer but also to a point of no return. One last murder sends Joy
Humbolt hurtling over the edge. Her only chance of survival is to become
Sydney Rye.

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

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Andrighetti, FASHION, LIES, AND MURDER by Sibel Hodge, THE TELL-TALE CON
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Friday, March 21, 2014

He makes your heart pound and melts your resistance away. He promises
you a world of passion and you find it impossible to resist his dark
charm. When he catches your eye across the room, you know he means
business. He could be an executive, cop, shape shifter, or
a bad boy looking for a little fun. Once he has you in his sights, you
can't get away--and after one sizzling night in his arms, you won't want
to. He's Tall, Dark & Alpha. The alpha male is the ultimate
indulgence...the richest dark chocolate...and we're offering him to you
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Aurora
Lockette has a supernatural ability she hides from the world. Gavyn
Dhaval is a newly famous actor that shies away from the spotlight. When
Aurora and Gavyn literally collide in a fender bender on her first day
of law school, they are irresistibly drawn to each other.

When
Aurora's secret is revealed, she has no choice but to abandon Gavyn to
go into hiding to escape the media frenzy. A secret society of gifted
humans contacts her to warn of dark forces that seek to destroy her and
everyone she loves.

Aurora must try to understand who and what
she is while she fights to protect herself and her loved ones from a
hidden, sinister force.

Monday, March 17, 2014

Ireland. A place where so many of my childhood stories began. Like many Americans, I have Irish roots. But talk to someone born and raised in Ireland and they probably don't understand the way we Americans focus so much on which percentage of Irish makes up our heritage. To them, we aren't Irish at all. But they are kind enough not to scoff, at least not in front of us. lol

Doesn't matter, because we love them just as much as every blade of grass, every stone, every folktale told (those childhood stories again), and every song in every pub. We dive into our bowl of Irish Stew and think it's the best we've ever had. A part of us comes alive the minute we see our first sunrise along the rocky shores of Loophead, or journey along the Shannon and witness the most beautiful rainbow you'll ever see.

They're right, you know. We're not Irish. We are mutts. But we're proud mutts. I'm just as proud of my 22% Scottish, or my 26% Welsh, or my 4% Cornish, and any other wee percentages I can find. Yeah, we tend to break it down and do the math. lol

When you think about it, we are a bit balmy. I believe the longing to belong somewhere or to something bigger than ourselves is universal. But since the U.S. is made up of mismatched misfits, we may feel it to a larger degree. And so we track our ancestry in an attempt to find our place in the world, the secret place our heart and soul resides.

We buy T-shirts with leprechauns on them, or the more adventurous might skydive dressed as leprechauns! We have grand parades in honor of St. Patrick, and drink green beer to celebrate the day (green lips from "Irish" green dyed beer is not a good look, trust me). And if you're not part Irish, well, no matter, because everyone can be honorary Irish on St. Paddy's Day and celebrate.

To friends and distant family 'across the pond', thanks for putting up with us, your American mutt cousins, for driving us to our hotel because after our fourth true Irish beer, we realized too late that the crappy watered down green beer we'd been drinking all those years here in the states, didn't prepare us for the real thing, and a serious ::faceplant:: was in our future. For rescuing us when we got chased by sheep in a field because we had to get the "perfect" photo on the way to Tipperary. Or getting our foot stuck in between the rocks at the aforementioned Loophead. Or not laughing at us too hard when we fell on our bum, because the fish we caught in Lough Ree wiggled so fast, it slipped off the hook and tried to take a bite out of us. And finally, thank you for your help, patience, and fortitude during the fiasco that I call The Search For A Potty Near The Haunted Ruins. :D (And no matter what you say, I know you also heard those ghosts laughing at me).You might believe we're daft, but I have a sneaky suspicion that you just might love us back. ;)

May you be well and hearty, and each day bring you happiness and laughter!Sláinte!

Friday, March 14, 2014

Today's Friday Finds includes two awesome historical romances from two sensational bestselling authors: Heather Graham and Colleen Gleason, and two contemporary ebooks by new-to-me authors: Meadow Taylor and Samantha Stroh Bailey.Grab them while you can for only .99¢.

Devil's MistressBy Heather Graham

Genre: Historical romance

Only .99¢ (sale ends Sunday, 3/16/14)

HE IS A MAN POSSESSED—BY A WOMAN WHOSE BEAUTY DRIVES MEN TO MADNESS.

If there was ever a devil who could lure and seduce the innocent, Lord Sloan Treveryan is that man. Captain of the Sea Hawk and bound to the king’s business, Treveryan may be a lord but he is no gentleman. Yet even he cannot ignore a lady in distress—or the temptation she provides.

Bewitched by Brianna MacCardle’s beauty, Scottish inquisitors have called her the devil’s own. Though Treveryan saves her from the witch-hunter’s clutches, how can she be grateful? He has carried Brianna off to America, claimed her, and taken her innocence. She vows that he will never capture her heart. But against her will she begins to fall in love—while swearing to reap revenge against the arrogant lord who has made her the devil’s mistress.

An honorable man:
Malcolm de Monde, Lord of Warwick, needs a wife. He reluctantly journeys to the royal court where his plan is simple: find a dutiful woman, gain the king’s approval for his choice and return to Warwick with his chosen lady wedded, bedded, and carrying his heir—all before winter.

An independent woman:
Judith of Kentworth, Royal Falconer and lady-in-waiting, is a woman from Malcolm’s past. Although she is a confidante of the queen, Judith’s beauty and vivacity attract the unwanted attentions of the king. Judith knows it would be treason to deny the king his desires, and yet she wishes only to escape.

A simple plan...
which goes awry when Lord Malcolm encounters Judith, once betrothed to his friend—and a woman who is nothing like the meek wife he seeks…but who may be exactly the type of woman he needs.

An impossible choice:
Malcolm offers Judith a chance to escape her predicament…but can she risk putting her own chivalrous lord in danger with the king?

When Chloe Winters answers an
advertisement seeking a private tutor for a six-year-old girl, little
does she know it means relocating from metropolitan Boston to an
isolated mansion on a cliff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in
Newfoundland. Nor does she realize the little girl's widower father is
Gaelan Byrne, a billionaire alpha-male type whose brooding good looks
have brought him as much fame as his wealth. But Chloe, shocked by his
coldness toward his daughter, vows to remain unmoved by both his fortune
and his charisma.

Gaelan Byrne has been dragged to
hell and back by women before and is none too happy to discover the
matronly retired teacher he hoped to hire turns out to be the beautiful,
caring Chloe. But how can he fire her when the daughter he is incapable
of loving adores her?

Chloe and Gaelan edge toward one
another, and the attraction they feel soon engulfs them with all the
intensity of a spring storm. But the secrets Gaelan keeps makes any
chance for happiness seem as remote as the windswept cliffs of
Newfoundland.

After five long years of
living with Derek, her former bad-boy-turned-metrosexual boyfriend,
Jamie Ross finally reaches her breaking point.

She's had enough of his
sneering disdain for her second hand wardrobe, unusual family and
low-paying job as the associate producer of Chicago's sleaziest daytime
talk show.

When her new boss plans a segment on reuniting lost loves,
Jamie remembers Lucas, her first love and the boy she'd lost ten years
earlier. Spurred on by her gang of quirky friends, Jamie goes on a
hilarious, disastrous and life changing hunt to track Lucas down. But
are some loves best left behind?

Thursday, March 13, 2014

I think I should write a book and call it The Little Ironies of Life. Because life seems to be made up of little ironies. For instance, I wanted to get something for my sister in Oz (not the prison in the TV show, lol) as a thank you gift, and she loves her coffee and tea, but I know how expensive it is to mail a bag of coffee (I did this once, sent her a coffee gift box sampler) and vowed to never do it again. Spent $25 on the sampler box of coffees, then had to spend $55 on the shipping to get from my house to hers, oy!

I wanted to get her something cute, lightweight, and inexpensive—plus something that said "home" and so I thought, hey how about a little tea caddy holder as a tea bag or spoon rest, and hey—how about if it had thoroughbreds on it? Perfect! (Yes, I am an Aquarius, and we do tend to get fixated on the strangest things, lol).

So I went online and called around, because surely somewhere locally had a tea bag caddy with horses on it, I mean, this is bluegrass country. After two days of searching, I found it. But you might want to ask where. Because, irony of ironies, I didn't find it here, I found it in—where else—Australia! Yep, the wonderful land of Oz. I have to admit, it's adorable, dishwasher safe, inexpensive, and the owner of the company was happy to ship it directly to my sister.

For once, an irony turns out in my favor. I could get used to this. ;)

Friday, March 7, 2014

Are you having the winter blues? I am. Every time the weather gets over 40 degrees, I think ah ha! Spring is almost here...and then it snows. Grrr. Well, I have one way to beat the winter blues—escaping into an ebook. Whether you go for the sensuous sizzle of a contemporary romance, or would rather get swept away by a magical fantasy, I've got ya covered. Check out these great finds...

When a buttoned-up banker falls for a bad girl, “about last night” is just the beginning.

Cath Talarico knows a mistake when she makes it, and God knows she’s made her share. So many, in fact, that this Chicago girl knows London is her last, best shot at starting over. But bad habits are hard to break, and soon Cath finds herself back where she has vowed never to go . . . in the bed of a man who is all kinds of wrong: too rich, too classy, too uptight for a free-spirited troublemaker like her.

Nev Chamberlain feels trapped and miserable in his family’s banking empire. But beneath his pinstripes is an artist and bohemian struggling to break free and lose control. Mary Catherine—even her name turns him on—with her tattoos, her secrets, and her gamine, sex-starved body, unleashes all kinds of fantasies.

When blue blood mixes with bad blood, can a couple that is definitely wrong for each other ever be perfectly right? And with a little luck and a lot of love, can they make last night last a lifetime?

First rule of matchmaking: Don’t fall in love with your client.Second rule of matchmaking: Don’t fall in love with your client!

Valentine Jones has never been good at following rules, especially the one that matters most: following the family tradition of being a matchmaker. She’s tried, but she happens to suck at it. So when her mother swoops in to help, Valentine is determined to prove she doesn’t need a babysitter.

Enter Ethan “The Predator” Hunter, ex-fighter and all-around hunk. Career on hold because of injury, his sole focus is to get back in the ring. He has no interest in the people–until Valentine sets her matchmaking sights on him.

Suddenly Ethan’s world is filled with nonstop commotion and lessons on attracting women. Only Ethan doesn’t want a random woman. He wants his matchmaker–rules be damned…

Oath of Fealty, book one of Paladin's Legacy, two neighboring realms each get a new king--and both kings face personal danger and social unrest. An estranged daughter must take over her family's realm and send her evil adult relatives to prison--or face a charge of treason. And a former mercenary captain inherits the entire company. Assassinations, conspiracies, brigands, wars and rumors of war...will it never end?

Thanks to Paks’s courage, the long-vanished heir to the half-elven
kingdom of Lyonya has been revealed as Kieri Phelan, a formidable
mercenary who earned a title—and enemies—in the neighboring kingdom of
Tsaia, where Prince Mikeli suddenly faces the threat of a coup. Acting
swiftly, Mikeli strikes at the powerful family behind the attack: the
Verrakaien, magelords steeped in death and evil. Mikeli’s survival—and
that of Tsaia—depend on the only Verrakai whose magery is not tainted
with innocent blood. Two kings stand at a pivotal point in the history
of their worlds. For dark forces are gathering against them, knit in a
secret conspiracy more sinister and far more ancient than they can
imagine.